What's Web 2.0?

There are tons of Web 2.0 applications out there! In this session we'll explore some of them and how they can be used in teaching and learning. Web 2.0 applications are often characterized by the sharing of information or collaborating on projects because they are web-based.

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Pbwiki

If you don't do anything else with technology for the rest of your life...please create a wiki.

Wordpress Blog

If you have already created a wiki and must create something else...get a blog going...now.

Pageflakes

Create a custom home page.

Now that you have a place to call home...

gliffy

Easy to use concept mapping tool...great symbol selection.

bubbl.us

Another mind mapping tool...more bubbly.

MindMeister

This one is a lot less bubbly, but offers sychronous collaboration.

Animoto

Create a sweet looking photo montage.

Picnik

Use this for touching up and resizing your digital images.

Sketchcast

Sketch a process, label a diagram, narrate what you're doing.

Zoho

If you think Google Docs is something, take a look at Zoho. 

VoiceThread

Upload images, record comments, annotate pictures, and share it with everyone else. 

Ustream.tv

Broadcast a show live or record it for later.

Ning

Create a private social network for you and your students.

TiddlyWiki

Create a wiki and take it with you wherever you go.

OurStory

Save stories, photos, and videos on a collaborative timeline.

SlideShare 

It's YouTube for slideshows.

Fun, Stuff

Blabberize

Upload a picture and make it talk.

Qipit

Take a picture with your phone and have it converted to a PDF.

ToonDoo

Create your own comic strips.

Where do you find all this stuff?

• Webware
• The Mind Mapping Software Weblog

• 50 Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story
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